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Ted Zoller
Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Associate Professor at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School
As a serial entrepreneur and a teacher of entrepreneurship, Ted has seen companies go from start-up to success. In our conversation, he talks about the stages of transition that successful entrepreneurs navigate and their resilience.
“The first stage is being comfortable with the unknown… Entrepreneurship is not for everyone; it’s not for the meek of heart. It’s for individuals who have convinced themselves that they’re willing to operate in an arena of ambiguity… The arena of opportunity is represented by the arena of the unknown.”
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As a serial entrepreneur and a teacher of entrepreneurship, Ted has seen companies go from start-up to success. In our conversation, he talks about the stages of transition that successful entrepreneurs navigate and their resilience.
“The first stage is being comfortable with the unknown… Entrepreneurship is not for everyone; it’s not for the meek of heart. It’s for individuals who have convinced themselves that they’re willing to operate in an arena of ambiguity… The arena of opportunity is represented by the arena of the unknown.”
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Jeff Polish
Founder and Executive Director of The Monti
Jeff knew that he loved the power of storytelling from the time he was a little kid. Professionally, he earned a doctorate in genetics and taught high school science for many years. Here, Jeff tells his story of founding The Monti, a community storytelling organization.
“There was always this thing at my core and that thing was the telling of stories and listening to stories…it was the way to close the distance between me and anyone that I was conversing with.”
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Jeff knew that he loved the power of storytelling from the time he was a little kid. Professionally, he earned a doctorate in genetics and taught high school science for many years. Here, Jeff tells his story of founding The Monti, a community storytelling organization.
“There was always this thing at my core and that thing was the telling of stories and listening to stories…it was the way to close the distance between me and anyone that I was conversing with.”
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Tim Toterhi
Founder, Plotline Leadership
Growing up in a tough neighborhood limited his horizon of possibility, until Tim wandered in to a martial arts class and everything changed.
“The challenge I faced at the time was that I could only see one path… One of the lessons I learned was… to embrace your circumstances… find a work around, and then get really methodical about moving to the next step.”
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Growing up in a tough neighborhood limited his horizon of possibility, until Tim wandered in to a martial arts class and everything changed.
“The challenge I faced at the time was that I could only see one path… One of the lessons I learned was… to embrace your circumstances… find a work around, and then get really methodical about moving to the next step.”
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The Next Moment
In late September of this year, after attending the always-delicious Harvard coaching conference, I entered a café in Boston,
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Limbo
I was sitting on a boat the night of July 4th in damp clothes and a tired body. Others on board were enjoying the festivities.…
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Happiness
This summer I’m reading Sonya Lyubomirsky’s book, The How of Happiness. She offers research-based strategies for increasing our happiness and includes some of my favorite…
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WCHL! And my toolkit for transition
Listen in on my May 18th interview on WCHL where I talk about my toolkit for transition, finding more happiness, and coaching with yours truly.…
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How Are Things With You?
That’s all my note said. They responded that they didn’t really know.
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NBC-17!
I’m on both this week and next sharing my favorite coaching tips during the 5am and 6am newscasts.
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The Making Magnificence Project: Stories of Transition and Resilience
Stories are powerful. And the stories we tell ourselves are the most powerful.
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Your Future
Is always unfolding. At tomorrow’s CWNC Conference, I’ll be talking about the how-to’s of reinvention,
A Special Thanksgiving Offer
In celebration of Thanksgiving, I’m giving thanks for the work that I so love to do. For the first 5 people who email me, I’m…
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Practice, Part 2
We get good at what we practice, I’ve said.
Life and Leadership at CEO Forum
From Jack Welch, keynote speaker at last week’s event: On how to choose what sector in business to pursue: “In the end, it’s what turns…
Staying Centered
Our brains have only two states, said Dan Siegel, M.D. last weekend at the Harvard Coaching Conference.
Reframe
You
Beginning Again, Part 2
Play, because that’s what work feels like when we’re in flow.
Freedom
Bubbles up
GOT YOUR BACK Mastermind Program
The Got Your Back Mastermind Program is more than a roundtable or peer advisory group; it’s a year-long program designed to give you support and…
Beginning Again
After a forced absence, I began again.
Our Mission, If We Choose To Accept It
From Nkosi Johnson, as quoted by neuropsychologist Rick Hanson, in his book Buddha’s Brain:
Making Magnificence:
Re-Creating Your Future
Coaching Program Is Open for Enrollment! Grab Your Seat — We Start on October 16th in Raleigh.
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